Forward Deployed Engineer

Role Title: Forward Deployed Engineer
Location: New York City (Onsite, 5 Days a Week)
Company Stage of Funding: Early-Stage, Venture-Backed Startup
Office Type: Onsite, Collaborative Team Environment
Salary: $150,000 – $220,000 + Equity

Company Description

We are partnering with a fast-growing, venture-backed health AI startup that is one of the few companies actively deploying AI solutions with measurable impact in healthcare. Their technology is being used to transform hospitals, health systems, and government partners by saving lives, improving efficiency, and surfacing critical clinical opportunities. With strong funding and a small but ambitious team, this company offers the opportunity to be part of the ground floor of a mission-driven organization redefining healthcare with AI.

What You Will Do

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will bridge cutting-edge AI technology with real-world healthcare deployments. You’ll be the engineering lead in customer-facing projects, working hand-in-hand with clinicians, hospital administrators, and data teams to ensure successful adoption of AI solutions. You will also contribute directly to the product itself, from backend infrastructure to front-end features.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead deployments of AI solutions for hospitals and health systems, both onsite and virtually.

• Collaborate closely with clinical teams to understand workflows, gather requirements, and fine-tune models for specific use cases.

• Deploy and integrate AI systems into production environments, ensuring seamless functionality and performance.

• Build new product features and address bugs across the full stack (backend, frontend, infrastructure).

• Work in a fast-paced, in-person environment with a small, collaborative engineering team.

Ideal Candidate Background

• 2–7 years of professional full-stack engineering experience in a fast-paced startup or mid-sized company.

• Strong experience in Python and TypeScript.

• Experience with Postgres and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).

• Track record of working directly with customers on technical deployments.

• Strong builder mentality — thrives in 0 → 1 environments.

• Interest or prior exposure to healthcare, healthtech, or other regulated industries.

Preferred (Nice-to-Have)

• Hands-on experience deploying or fine-tuning models (Hugging Face, LLMs, embeddings, transformers, etc.).

• Exposure to AI/ML-driven products or infrastructure.

• Research experience in ML/AI.

• Background from a top university in Computer Science or related field.

• Previous Forward Deployed Engineer experience.

Compensation, Benefits, and Other Details

• Salary: $150,000 – $220,000 + competitive equity package.

• Equity: 0.5% – 1.0% ownership stake.

• Onsite culture: 5 days per week in NYC office.

• Chance to be one of the first engineering hires, shaping the product and company direction.

• Backed by top-tier investors and operating at the intersection of AI and healthcare impact.

This is an exciting opportunity for a full-stack engineer with AI exposure who thrives in fast-moving environments and wants to directly see the impact of their work in real-world healthcare.